รูปแบบของ If-Clause มีทั้งหมด 3 ประเภท
There are four different types of conditional sentences in English.
Meaning
| 
    
type 
 | 
   
    
if-clause 
 | 
   
    
ความหมาย 
 | 
  
| 
   
0 
 | 
  
   
General truths 
 | 
  
   
ใช้กับเหตุการณ์ที่เป็นความจริง 
 | 
 
| 
   
I 
 | 
  
   
A possible condition and its probable result 
 | 
  
   
ใช้กับเหตุการณ์ที่เป็นเหตุเป็นผลซึ่งกันและกัน 
 | 
 
| 
   
II 
 | 
  
   
A hypothetical condition and its probable result 
 | 
  
   
ใช้กับเหตุการณ์ที่ตรงข้ามความจริงในปัจจุบัน หรือ อนาคต 
 | 
 
| 
   
III 
 | 
  
   
An unreal past condition and its probable result in the past 
 | 
  
   
ใช้กับเหตุการณ์ที่ตรงข้ามความจริงในอดีต 
 | 
 
Form
type 
 | 
   
if-clause 
 | 
   
main clause 
 | 
  
0 
 | 
  
Simple Present 
If S + v.1  | 
  
Simple Present 
S + v.1  | 
 
I 
 | 
  
Simple Present 
If S + v.1  | 
  
will-future or (Modal + infinitive) 
S + will + v.infinitive  | 
 
II 
 | 
  
Simple Past 
If S + v.2  | 
  
would + infinitive * 
S + would + v.infinitive  | 
 
III 
 | 
  
Past Perfect 
If S + had + v.3  | 
  
would + have + past participle * 
S + would + have + v.3  | 
 
Example
type 
 | 
   
Examples 
 | 
  ||
long forms 
 | 
   
short/contracted forms 
 | 
  ||
0 
 | 
  
If
  you do
  not brush
  your
  teeth, you get
  cavities. 
 | 
  
If
  you don’t
  brush
  your
  teeth, you get
  cavities. 
 | 
 |
If
  people eat
  too much, they get fat. 
 | 
  
If
  people eat
  too much, they get fat. 
 | 
 ||
If
  babies are
  hungry, they cry. 
 | 
  
If
  babies are
  hungry, they cry. 
 | 
 ||
People
  die
  if they do
  not eat. 
 | 
  
People
  die
  if they don’t
  eat. 
 | 
 ||
I 
 | 
  
+ 
 | 
  
If
  I study,
  I will
  pass the
  exam. 
 | 
  
If
  I study,
  I'll
  pass the
  exam. 
 | 
 
- 
 | 
  
If
  I study,
  I will
  not fail the
  exam. 
If I do not study, I will fail the exam.  | 
  
If
  I study,
  I won't
  fail the
  exam. 
If I don't study, I'll fail the exam.  | 
 |
II 
 | 
  
+ 
 | 
  
If
  I studied,
  I would
  pass the
  exam. 
 | 
  
If
  I studied,
  I'd
  pass the
  exam. 
 | 
 
- 
 | 
  
If
  I studied,
  I would
  not fail the
  exam. 
If I did not study, I would fail the exam.  | 
  
If
  I studied,
  I wouldn't
  fail the
  exam. 
If I didn't study, I'd fail the exam.  | 
 |
III 
 | 
  
+ 
 | 
  
If
  I had
  studied,
  I would
  have passed the exam. 
 | 
  
If
  I'd
  studied,
  I'd
  have passed the exam. 
 | 
 
- 
 | 
  
If
  I had
  studied,
  I would
  not have failed the exam. 
If I had not studied, I would have failed the exam.  | 
  
If
  I'd
  studied,
  I wouldn't
  have failed the exam. 
If I hadn't studied, I'd have failed the exam.  | 
 |
Comments